Elections- and Laws- have consequences….
These Racist Tea Party Republicans better be careful what they ask for; they just might get it….
They need to be aware of the consequences of putting their slogans into laws and actions….
But then, Alabama probably forgot slavery was now illegal and figured they would pick the cotton, er, tomatoes
These little facts keep getting missed by the home schoolers……
At least they still have Mississippi to make them look good….
From Wonkette.com:
Alabama is just the latest backwards state to legally codify its crusader witch hunt against the illegal immigrant wizards working their back-breaking field labor black magick on Alabama’s giant agriculture industry, but the state’s recently-enacted set of draconian worst-ever anti-immigrant laws are working a little too fast: zillions of Alabama tomatoes are rotting away in the fields this harvest season as undocumented immigrants flee like hell. Tomato farmers got together to protest these vicious dingus laws and make GOP state senator Scott Beason — the same creepy racist turd blossom who called African Americans “aborigines” — haul around one of the tomato buckets for five seconds to see how heavy they are. Beason felt he was too good for this and refused to pick it up, which is…hey, exactly like every other legal worker in Alabama!
The AP has the details of the Tomato Bucket Incident:
Tomato farmer Brian Cash said the migrant workers who would normally be on Chandler Mountain have gone to other states with less restrictive laws.
After talking with famers at the tomato shed, Beason visited the Smith family’s farm. Leroy Smith, Chad Smith’s father, challenged the senator to pick a bucket full of tomatoes and experience the labor-intensive work.
Beason declined but promised to see what could be done to help farmers while still trying to keep illegal immigrants out of Alabama.
Smith threw down the bucket he offered Beason and said, “There, I figured it would be like that.”
Oh well, at least Alabama and Scott Beason got to make their Important Point, about being dicks. [AP]
via Dumb Alabama Immigration Law Working So Well Its Crops Are Rotting.
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